Dr Kevin Van Sundert (K.)

My research domain concerns interactions between land ecosystems and climate change, in both directions (through for example impacts on CO2-exchange). Focus is specifically on how grasslands, forests, croplands and other ecosystems are impacted by warming and changes in water availability, and how ecosystem sensitivity to such changes can be modified by moderators such as nutrient availability and the presence or types of microbial symbionts (mycorrhizae and nitrogen-fixing bacteria). Commonly used methods include in-depth studies at climate change manipulation experiments, as well as large-scale syntheses, including meta-analyses, of many such experiments.